So I want to come back here [to Israel] to see the places that I read about every day. It’s very important to my faith to feed [my] spirit in Israel.
BOBBY MCFERRINThe voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it’s the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We’re born with it.
More Bobby McFerrin Quotes
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The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.
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I do a lot of performing, but don’t get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
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The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it’s the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We’re born with it.
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Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion.
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You keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.
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I couldn’t do anything without faith. I couldn’t open up my eyes, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t sing.
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I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.
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This is what I want everyone to experience at the end of my concert… everyone has this sense of rejoicing. I don’t want them to be blown away by what I do,
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I found that if I sang a line using the consonants, vowels, shadings, and inflection we recognize as human language sounds, people responded as if I were talking to them.
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It’s not that I don’t love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
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Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.
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Remembering that life can be full of surprises is useful in any part of your life.
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Musicians are the architects of heaven.
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If I have a mission it’s to make everyone who comes to my concerts leave feeling a heightened sense of freedom to play, sing, and enjoy themselves.
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Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.
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